UNFINISHED. WIP. ETC. Code by "graphxdziner" on board.flashkit.com translated to js for use with pixi.js

pixi.hextomatrix.js

/*
 * @author "graphxdziner" on board.flashkit.com
 * Source: http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?728847-convert-hex-value-to-colormatrix-array&s=a432383a54d4eeed74bf800b22ee0f83&p=3854541&viewfull=1#post3854541
 */

function setColor(mc, r, g, b, a) 
{
    var matrix = 
      [ r, 0, 0, 0 
      , 0, g, 0, 0
      , 0, 0, b, 0
      , 0, 0, 0, a ];
      
    var filter:BitmapFilter = new ColorMatrixFilter(matrix);
    mc.filters = new Array(filter);	
}

function setColorFromHex (mc, hex, alpha) 
{
	// var alpha = (argb & 0xFF000000) >>> 24; // if this was argb
	var r = ((rgb & 0x00FF0000) >>> 16) / 255
	  , g = ((rgb & 0x0000FF00) >>> 8) / 255
	  , b = (rgb & 0x000000FF) / 255
    , a = alpha/100;
	
	setColor(mc, r, g, b, a);
}

var alpha = 100;
var color = 0x44DAFF;

setColorFromHex (mc, color, alpha);

//
//  	EXAMPLE FOUR - CONVERSTION
//

function hexToMatrix(hex, alpha) 
{
  return [ ((hex & 0x00FF0000) >>> 16) / 255 /*red*/, 0, 0, 0 
      	, 0, ((hex & 0x0000FF00) >>> 8) / 255 /*green*/, 0, 0
        , 0, 0, (hex & 0x000000FF) / 255 /*blue*/, 0
        , 0, 0, 0, (alpha || 100) / 100 ];
}
mc.filters = [ new flash.filters.ColorMatrixFilter ( hexToMatrix ( 0x44DAFF, 100 ) ) ];